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• On the post: Softbank-Owned Patent Troll Now Promises To Grant Royalty-Free License For Covid-19 Tests; Details Lacking

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2020 @ 03:16pm

  My new patent:
  1) A thing
  2) which does a thing.

  Another one:
  1) A thing
  2) which does a thing
  3) with a computer!

  And finally:
  1) A thing
  2) which does a thing
  3) IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

  See you in court. All of you. Everyone.

• On the post: Clearview Was A Toy For Billionaires Before It Became A Toy For Cops

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2020 @ 05:55pm

  "Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power is kind of neat." -John Lehman

• On the post: Orange County DA's Office Shrugs Off Sheriff's Deputies Falsifying Evidence Reports [UPDATED]

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2020 @ 04:02pm

  I suppose I could find out by visiting links, but it would be nice not to have to. Is this:

  • Orange County, California?
  • Orange County, Florida?
  • Orange County, Indiana?
  • Orange County, New York?
  • Orange County, North Carolina?
  • Orange County, Texas?
  • Orange County, Vermont?
  • Orange County, Virginia?

• On the post: No, Disney Probably Didn't Infringe A Unicorn Van Artist's Copyright, But It Would Have Sued If The Roles Were Reversed

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2020 @ 08:00am

  Just to be clear, the mythical creature on the side of the Pixar vehicle is a Pegasus, not a unicorn.

  It's a minor point, to be sure. But the Pixar van is not, in fact, a purple van with a unicorn.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2020 @ 01:35pm

  Ah, but I win first place, too, because I claim copyright on his comment! BWAH HAH HAH HAH!

• On the post: YouTube Takes Down Live Stream Over Copyright Claim…Before Stream Even Starts

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2020 @ 05:19pm

  I hereby claim copyright on everything that has not yet been created.

  You'll be hearing from my lawyer. All of you. Everyone.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2020 @ 08:27am

  Not just charges and conviction, but strict time limits, and rules prohibiting use of the property while in evidence. Severe penalties for violating either rule. Severe penalties for damaging or losing the property.

  And zero tolerance for those penalties. Turnabout is fair play.

• On the post: Why Are Members Of Congress Telling A Private Organization Not To Comment On Copyright Law?

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2019 @ 01:04pm

  "Using the power of Congress to say that a private organization shouldn't talk about the law is..."

  ...the exact definition of censorship, and contrary to the first amendment that Congress is tasked with upholding.

• On the post: Too Many Streaming Exclusives Is Already Starting To Piss Users Off

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2019 @ 04:54pm

  Coincidentally relevant LICD

• On the post: The Guy The State Of Oregon Said Wasn't A Real Engineer Just Helped Convince The Government To Extend Yellow Light Intervals

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2019 @ 12:07pm

  News update: it is now legal to practice arithmetic in Oregon without first obtaining a Master's degree and licensing and certification.

• On the post: Skin Care Company, Sunday Riley, Somehow Gets No Consequences In Fake Reviews FTC Settlement

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2019 @ 08:31am

  I see the problem

  They forgot to say "pretty please".

• On the post: Like The Rest Of Its 5G Footprint, Verizon 5G Sports Venue Availability Is Being Overhyped

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2019 @ 08:27am

  This piece seems hauntingly familiar. I swear I'd read it before, and recently. Like, less than a month ago.

• On the post: Blizzard Digs Its Heels In And Issues 6 Month Ban To College 'Hearthstone' Team Over Hong Kong Message

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2019 @ 05:14pm

  Still suffering from self-inflicted wounds, Blizzard shoots itself to stop the bleeding.

• On the post: California Governor Signs Bill Banning Facial Recognition Tech Use By State's Law Enforcement Agencies

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2019 @ 05:08pm

  Anon is on Netflix right now.

  1984 was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not a how-to manual!

• On the post: Liverpool FC Denied 'Liverpool' Trademark Due To Its Geographic Significance

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2019 @ 08:28am

  I still think "The Four Mop-Tops From A Place That Shall Not Be Named In Order To Avoid Trademark Litigation" just rolls off the tongue, don't you?

• On the post: 'Subscription Fatigue' Looms As Comcast Reveals Yet Another New Streaming TV Platform

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2019 @ 08:23am

  When each of the services tries to pull in customers by locking down exclusive desirable content, it's not competition. It's just a different kind of monopoly.

• On the post: White House Now Thinks Harvesting Fitness Tracker Data Could Stop The Next Mass Shooting

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2019 @ 12:33pm

  Is atrial fibrillation an indicator of mass murder intentions? Asking for a friend.

• On the post: Tom Brady Fails To Trademark 'Tom Terrific' As USPTO Rightly Assesses He's Not The Most Terrific Tom

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2019 @ 09:10am

  And I'm in my 60s, which is old enough to remember the cartoon that played on Captain Kangaroo.

  But I didn't know about Tom Seaver.

• On the post: Enough With The Myth That Big Tech Is 'Censoring' Conservatives AND That The Law Requires Them To Be Neutral

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2019 @ 11:17am

  "...calling me all sorts of creative names..."

  I haven't been following the comments, but I bet most of the names aren't all that creative.

• On the post: 5G's Latest Problem: Summer Temps Are Causing 5G Phones To Overheat

  

  Jeffrey Nonken ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2019 @ 09:10am

  Re: Re: Re:

  "Maybe I'm getting old, but I recall it being 640K not 640Meg" The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

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